Connecting with other names Jungle flame, Flame of the woods, may be Jungle Geranium because of similarity in the colour of the flowers and flat-topped inflorescence.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 9:33 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > hahahaha....was that a joke or you are serious Mani sir!! > Pankaj > > > On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 9:57 PM, mani nair <[email protected]> wrote: > > Shantanu ji, nice capture. Pankaj ji, I think somebody was searching > for > > Geranium flowers in the jungle and found this flower and named it Jungle > > Geranium. > > Thanks for sharing, > > Regards, > > Mani. > > On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 9:34 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> Just out of curiosity, why is it called Jungle GERANIUM? > >> Pankaj > >> > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 9:11 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > Yes Shantanu ji > >> > It is after a long time a true specimen of I. coccinea with sessile > >> > clasping > >> > leaf bases and acute petal tips. There seems to be a lot of mixing up > in > >> > the > >> > internet with riot of colours in almost all species, lot of confusion > >> > with > >> > I. chinensis (typically leaves not with clasping sessile base, obtuse > >> > petals), and many specimens with petioled leaves, sharply acute petals > >> > and > >> > long tube really belonging to I. casei. > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > >> > Retired Associate Professor > >> > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > >> > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > >> > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > >> > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > >> > > >> > > >> > On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 8:09 AM, Shantanu Bhattacharya > >> > <[email protected]> > >> > wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Hi > >> >> sharing few pics of the Jungle Geranium (Ixora coccinea). > >> >> > >> >> Ixora, Flame of the Woods, Jungle Flame, or Jungle Geranium is a > bushy, > >> >> rounded shrub that has long been a popular hedging plant in the > >> >> subtropical > >> >> regions of Florida. Ixoras freely produce loose, corymb-like cymes, > >> >> 2-5" > >> >> across of red, orange, pink, or yellow flowers. Available in a number > >> >> of > >> >> cultivars, this plant is a member of the Rubiaceae family which > >> >> includes the > >> >> Coffee plant and Gardenia. > >> >> > >> >> Shantanu Bhattacharya. > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> *********************************************** > >> "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > >> > >> > >> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > >> Research Associate > >> Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > >> Department of Habitat Ecology > >> Wildlife Institute of India > >> Post Box # 18 > >> Dehradun - 248001, India > > > > > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > Research Associate > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > Department of Habitat Ecology > Wildlife Institute of India > Post Box # 18 > Dehradun - 248001, India >
